Definition of Ichthyornis. Meaning of Ichthyornis. Synonyms of Ichthyornis

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Definition of Ichthyornis

Ichthyornis
Ichthyornis Ich`thy*or"nis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?, a fish + ? bird.] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of toothed birds found in the American Cretaceous formation. It is remarkable for having biconcave vertebr[ae], and sharp, conical teeth set in sockets. Its wings were well developed. It is the type of the order Odontotorm[ae].

Meaning of Ichthyornis from wikipedia

- million years ago. Ichthyornis is a common component of the Niobrara Formation fauna, and numerous specimens have been found. Ichthyornis has been historically...
- Juan Benito and colleagues in 2022 as "the smallest clade containing Ichthyornis dispar, Hesperornis regalis, and Vultur gryphus". Ernst Haeckel coined...
- to the group's namesake, Ichthyornis. However, these seem to have been more closely related to modern birds than to Ichthyornis dispar. In Julia Clarke's...
- Hesperornis than to Baptornis. Hesperornitheans were originally combined with Ichthyornis in the paraphyletic group "Odontornithes" by Othniel Charles Marsh, in...
- as lobed toes for this group. Like many other Mesozoic birds such as Ichthyornis, Hesperornis had teeth as well as a beak. In the hesperornithiform lineage...
- and diving species. The latter included the superficially gull-like Ichthyornis and the Hesperornithiformes, which became so well adapted to hunting...
- However, a neognath-like palate is also present in ornithuran birds like Ichthyornis. Neognathae was long ranked as a superorder subdivided into orders. Attempts...
- Its type species was originally classified as Ichthyornis celer. A. celer was long allied with Ichthyornis, having been ****igned to Ichthyornidae by Marsh...
- includes modern birds (Neornithes) and extinct related groups, such as Ichthyornis and Hesperornithes. The genus Gansus contains a single species, G. yumenensis...
- Bhullar, B.S.; Burnham, D.; Field, D.J. (2022). "Forty new specimens of Ichthyornis provide unprecedented insight into the postcranial morphology of crownward...